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Local tech gets overlooked by govt again

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has rightly connected the government’s big investment into its digital economy strategy to its program of economic recovery. But it is a lost opportunity if the...

Govt gives IT resellers $7m for SME cyber support

28 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

A cohort of “trusted” companies will share in $6.9 million in federal government grants to support SME cyber awareness and resilience, with nearly 40 per cent of the money...

Our SME policy obsession is not working for us

4 March 2021 | by James Riley

It might be time for a rethink of Australia’s obsessive focus on small and medium-sized (SME) tech companies in relation to government procurement. The focus should be on Australian...

NSW sets 30% SME targets for tech procurement

8 February 2021 | by Denham Sadler

At least 30 per cent of the NSW government’s tech procurement spend will go to small to medium-sized entities (SMEs) as part of a new policy aimed at ensuring...

Tech adoption not creation: the PM’s digital plan

21 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s digital economy push is about tech adoption not tech creation, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. During an address to the Australian e-Commerce Virtual Summit, Mr...

Govt ‘missing in action’ on digital SMEs

15 June 2020 | by Denham Sadler

More needs to be done to help Australian SMEs improve their cybersecurity and digitisation, with the government’s handful of policies in the space so far proving underwhelming, the Labor...

$650m boost for local tech: Taylor

22 August 2017 | by James Riley

The Australian Government will today unveil a raft of technology procurement reforms that aim to drive an additional $650 million in Commonwealth spending to small Australian companies each year. Under new...

Jack Ma: SME’s own the future

12 October 2016 | by James Riley

Having a proven entrepreneurial nose for making the right (serial) bets on the next big trends in all things digital – including changing customer behaviour – and then spinning...

Grant competition to attract SMEs

19 September 2016 | by James Riley

The federal Department of Industry steadfastly refuses to call it a procurement policy or an industry development program, but the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) is a new...

SMEs the engine room for growth

24 August 2016 | by Stuart Kennedy

Small businesses and startups need to lift their awareness of intellectual property issues and lock down IP early to protect their grey matter assets, according to the IP Australia....

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